''Phyllis' birthday over; and final day in Mexico City

73º with heavy overcast in La Feria, TX

Yesterday was Phyllis' 72nd birthday and she celebrated by going out to eat at Stefano's Restaurant near Harlingen with 4 other couples.

Deanne Messer

Dick Messer, with

Bob Raab

Bob & Bobbi Raab

Bobbi Raab, with

Marian and Ardel Finken

Bill and Darlene Winslow,

with Phyllis

The birthday cheesecake

presented to Phyllis

 After eating, the two
car-loads returned
to our place to play "31"

 And, Darlene Winslow

had made a very good, rich

ice cream cake which

was served with coffee

 And everyone went back
to their units after visiting.

This morning Dick and Deane Messer left for Princeton, MN in their motorhome.  Dave and Peggy Gilmore were pulling out to head to Oklahoma for week of fishing and then on to White Lake, MI.

Butch Giesken started for home in Titonka, IA, Sunday with his son driving.  Lola left for State Center, IA with her son driving last week and Betty Schnieder and daughter left with Betty's son driving middle of last week.  Kathy and Arnold Waxman left yesterday for home in Kansas City, MO.  Got word that Sharleen and Lynn Stivers made it home to Callaway, NE last week.  Understand Finken's are heading out Thursday; Winslows will fly home to West Branch, MI on the 5th of April (Same day we will get home in Clarinda, IA after leaving this Friday morning).  Park is thinning down for the summer.

Our last night in Mexico City (March 9th) we went to Ballet Folkloric (CLICK HERE)  

This 2.5 hour show was quite
entertaining and featured many
different sets. 

I, Phyllis, and Patty took quite
a few photos.  They can all
be seen, along with others of
our trip, BY CLICKING HERE

This gentleman started swinging
his rope alone, doing many
different forms.

He then went on to put a
large loop around this
lady.  Then dancers came
out and did all sorts of
routines while he kept the
rope moving.  I would guess
he swung the rope for some
8 to 10 minutes.  Yes, he
did switch to using both
arms.

 This is towards
the end of the routine
and he is still twirling
the rope around
himself and his lady.

Such music was

made by these and

the many other performers.

One routine was

done with huge costumes.

Some of them came

down the steps and

walked the aisles.

It was near 10:30 when this all finished.

We did buy a two DVD set offered

of the Folkloric Dancing; however,

much of it is interviews of people

that had been involved over the years,

in Spanish of course.  It does show

many of the different dances with

music as we saw, however.

Carrots, Onions, Oranges and Grapefruit ready for trip to Iowa

Some views of our vegitation
in the back yard.

Phyllis working on

a lemon and a

chocolate pie

More sometime later.  To leave with trailer Friday morning for trip noth.

Lynn

Our last few days in Mexico 2016

 76° in La Feria, TX at 11 am this Sunday morning as I start this - predicted high - 90°  Have turned on AC (for first time in weeks).

Will give a little more on our recent trip into Mexico.  This photo is in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico March 9, 2016 at breakfast.

After breakfast we loaded up for touring in San Miguel de Allende and drive back to Mexico City.

Juan arranged to take us

on a private tour of this Five Diamond

(not Star) hotel in San Miguel de Allende.  Juan said it took some doing to get this tour of this very upscale place.

The hotel is not fancy, and if you didn't know you were looking for a hotel, you might mistake the outside for an apartment building, etc.

It did have quite an

inner courtyard.

 Base of

the fountain

shown above.

Quite a lot of
murals and statuary.

Grand staircase - we
were only allowed
access to the ground floor.
You can see the many pictures we
took of this place by CLICKING HERE

  

 

An up-scale gift
shop was very interesting
to visit.

More of the
gift shop.

Phyllis bought

an item from

this young clerk

at the Artesana Boutique

Petrapack Mediano 

Decorado

This is the pitcher
Phyllis bought.
Cost 860 Peso
($50)  It is
a hand done ceramic,
one-of-a-kind

 Leaving San Miguel de Allenti, we drove to

 Atotonilco El Alto, Jalisco, Mexico to the  Sanctuary of Atotonilco In 

See Wikipedia on this by

clicking HERE

This is just in the entryway.
This entire church, including
several wings to side, is
completely covered with murals
and statuary.

 I took many photos
and you can see them within this
 Google Photos site CLICK HERE

This is one of those places where photos cannot convey what you see in person.

If you go to my Google Photo site (above) be sure and click on the  ! that is in the white circle and you will get a side-menu that gives whatever I wrote as a comment and the date and time photo taken.

Several signs were

around to be quiet,

any conversations

were as whispers.

Patty, myself, and Juan

as we left one wing.

Leaving this area we drove south to Mexico City with a stop at Querétaro City, Querétaro, Mexico where we ate lunch and had time to view the town square.

I will make another post for that segment of the trip.

Later, Lynn